Instead of cleaning it, as said before the soot aids the heat transfer, just make a bag and put it in if getting other things dirty in your pack. Any old cotton..denim is good.CG
Keeping your kelly kettle sparkly clean.
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Great idea, I could go into business manufacturing a foil sleeve that covers the base and goes up the chimney!! I'm gonna be rich!!!!!!
take your old jeans cut off legs sew one end or tie both ends with string these legs are made for walking oops pot &pans
great Tip on using Soap using the kelly kettle, But as the OP asked has anyone got any idea on how to clean it i(f like me you used it before soaping it)?
Why some my ask........ Because we want to know and some of us actually like having clean well maintained kit,as apposed to a bag of stinking kit that may work slightly better!
Also as the soot builds up it doesn't allow the Cookset to fit in the fire base or the fire base to fit inside the kettle.
Why some my ask........ Because we want to know and some of us actually like having clean well maintained kit,as apposed to a bag of stinking kit that may work slightly better!
Also as the soot builds up it doesn't allow the Cookset to fit in the fire base or the fire base to fit inside the kettle.
Off topic but a while ago i put whiskey in a kelly kettle and fired it up ( don't ask why) the 6ft jet of flame clean it up nicely around the water hole.
I don't clean mine, don't see the point, especially the chimney.
If you do want to though, pink Brillo pads are the answer. Many a scout camp has been spent cleaning the outside of billies from soot when we forgot to "fairy up" the outside of them. We always used the pink Brillos and elbow grease.
If you do want to though, pink Brillo pads are the answer. Many a scout camp has been spent cleaning the outside of billies from soot when we forgot to "fairy up" the outside of them. We always used the pink Brillos and elbow grease.
Aye, and I've lost count how many scouts I've told since being a leader. And still they have to find out the hard way!!!
Me neither, I thought I once red that having a layer of tar up the inside helps stop the seams and folds leaking
From painful experinece you only forget to "fairy" up the bIllie once
Why would you care about cleaning the outside of a billy?
